Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace by Maxwell John
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

For me this was a book which resonated very well with my thoughts and opinions so it was quite an enjoyable read and one I would recommend.

• Focus: from soloist to conductor – it’s not about you its about the team
  • Going slower so you can go further – you have to work with others so they can grow
  • Recognise you need others – working with people not against them
  • Making the effort to understand others – helping people succeed
  • Wanting others to shine more than you do – when others shine you deliver
  • Helping others to become better every day – supporting others growth
• Personal development: from goals to growth – its about always striving to get better
  • Inside growth – growth results in better performance not targets
  • Growth in a few vital things – Relationships, Leadership, Growing others and a positive attitude
  • Growth without a finish line – continuous growth
• Cost: from perks to price – its not about what you get its about what you give
  • Reality – everything worthwhile is uphill
  • Example – leaders must climb the hill first
  • Consistency – never get to stop climbing
• Relational: from pleasing people to challenging people – your aim is not to be liked but to grow people
  • Shift from what you gain to how you can help, improve your organisation
  • Value people so they put in their best, serve them, empower them, motivate them
  • Work to set expectations up front
  • Ask yourself the hard questions first
  • When a tough conversation is needed, do it right
  • 25% will support you, 50% are undecided, 25% will resist change – support the 50% join the supporting 25%
  • Balance care with candor

Care	Candor
Values the Person Establishes the Relationship Shores Up Weaknesses Offers Comfort Makes the Team Pleasant	Values the Person’s Potential Expands the Relationship Brings Out Strengths Offers a Challenge Makes the Team Productive

• Abundance: from maintaining to creating – it’s about pushing forward and not resting
  • What zone are you in?
    • Coasting – doing as little as possible
    • Comfort – doing what you have always done
    • Challenge – do what you’ve not done before
    • Creative – think what I’ve never thought before
  • Get creative
    • Fuel Passion
    • Celebrate Ideas
    • Foster Autonomy
    • Encourage Courage
    • Minimise Hierarchy
    • Reduce Rules
    • Fail Forward
    • Start Small
• Reproduction: from ladder climbing to ladder building – from just your success to helping others succeed
  • How high will others go with help?
• Communication: from directing to connecting – from telling people what to do to helping them by working together

Directing	Connecting
Authoritative Talking Top Down Enlisting Assuming Gives Answers My Agenda	Collaborative Listening Side by Side Empowering Understanding Asks Questions Your Agenda

• Improvement: from team uniformity to team diversity – there is power in diversity
  • Diverse teams fill in knowledge gaps
  • Diverse teams have different perspectives
  • Diverse teams have different experiences
• Influence: from positional authority to moral authority – for people to want to follow you because of your reputation for excellence
  • There are many types of authority – natural, positional, knowledge, situational, relational, proximity, success, mentoring and seniority authority.
  • Levels of authority
    1. Position – people follow because they have to
    2. Permission – people follow because they want to
    3. Production – people follow because you demonstrate competence
    4. People Development – people follow because you help them become competent
    5. Pinnacle – people follow because you have a reputation for excellence
• Impact: from trained leaders to transformational leaders

Trained Leaders	Transformational Leaders
Know How to Lead Are Liked Influence Today Ask People to Follow Love to Lead Are Trained Help People Have a Career Impact a Few	Know Why They Lead Are Contagious Influence Today and Tomorrow Ask People to Make a Difference Love the People They Lead Are Trained and Transformed Help People Change Have a Calling Impact Many

• Passion: from career to calling

Career	Calling
Mainly About You Something You Choose Separated from Your Best Life You Can Take or Leave It Something You Can Do Measured by Success	Mainly About Others Somthing Chosen for You Integrated into Your Entire Life Never Leaves You Something You Must Do Measured by Significance